Leegate railway station

Leegate railway station
The site of the station in 2013
General information
LocationAllerdale
England
Coordinates54°47′57″N 3°14′19″W / 54.79918°N 3.238507°W / 54.79918; -3.238507
Grid referenceNY20474561
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMaryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 February 1848Opened
5 June 1950Station closed to passengers
1964Station closed to goods

Leegate was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) and served this rural district in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1848[1] and lay in the Parish of Bromfield.[2]

  1. ^ Quick 2009, p. 244.
  2. ^ "Old Cumbria Gazetteer". Portsmouth University. Retrieved 28 August 2012.